Iranian bronze age MA50(
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The Iranian Bronze Age (5000-3500 BP) collection consists of six excavation reports for Bampur, Shahr i-Sokhta, Tepe Hissar,
and Tepe Yahya. These sites are important sources for third millennium BC trade which extended from Mesopotamia to Central
Asia. The dates of the sites are established through absolute and relative chronology. The excavation reports cover other
periods of occupation, the local environment, and geology. The sites are widely distributed across the Iranian plateau. De
Cardi analyzes the pottery and small finds at Bampur and sees cultural relations with Afghanistan and Pakistan (Mundigak,
Kulli culture and the Helmand and Sistan regions). In Sistan, Tosi's interdisciplanary work at Shahr i-Sohkta found a unexpectedly
large and important settlement and necropolis demonstrating evidence of trade in lapulis lazuli and carnelian, imported as
raw materials from Afghanistan and finished in local workshops. Tepe Yahya is important for proto-Elamite writing and chlorite
(or steatite) bowls which may have originated in the Gulf area. At Tepe Hissar, Dyson's team expanded upon Frederich's earlier
excavations to examine the settlement, and presents an analysis of architecture, stratigraphy, and the evidence for craft
specialization